Los Angeles Food Policy Council

Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez is our official 13th annual Food Day sponsor who will be leading our City Council meeting Resolution and South Lawn Celebration this Friday, October 25 from 10am -2pm. Our Executive Director, Alba M. Velasquez, got to catch up with the Councilmember at Yue Wa Market in Chinatown, who is a part of our current Healthy Markets LA Cohort, to learn more about the store, our program, and to celebrate our Food Day partnership! To attend Food Day at City Hall, register here: https://lnkd.in/gXiCiQH7 https://lnkd.in/gXeQ4Ufe

We're excited to announce our speakers for this Friday's Food Day celebration on South Lawn at City Hall! Each one of these speakers bring a wealth of knowledge on how to best support healthy food access for all Angelenos -- we're honored to have them join us this Friday, October 25 with our speaking portion commencing at 12:10pm with our Executive Director and host Alba M. Velasquez. Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, City of Los Angeles Council District 1 Councilmember Tim McOsker, City of Los Angeles Council District 15 Abigail Marquez, General Manager of Community Investment for Families Department at City of Los Angeles Dipa Shah-Patel, MPH, RD, Director of Nutrition and Physical Activity Program at Los Angeles County Department of Public Health To learn more and register, visit: https://lnkd.in/g5PK_33a

HEAL demands corporations be held accountable for exploiting children and workers! According to the U.S. Department of Labor, there has been a 69 percent increase in the illegal employment of children by companies across the United States. Recently, at least two dozen children (minors under 18 years old) were illegally hired to clean meat processing facilities by a Tennessee-based sanitation company. The HEAL Food Alliance, along with 65 organizations representing farmers, ranchers, food and farm workers, Indigenous groups, scientists, public health advocates, animal welfare organizations, policy experts, community organizers, and activists, sent a letter to Senate and House ranking members of the Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Committee and the Committee on Agriculture urging their support of The Child Labor Exploitation Accountability Act (S.1288/ H.R.2822), introduced by Senator Booker and Representative Casar. https://lnkd.in/dvFW_9db

Does this sound like you or someone you know? ReFED is #hiring for an Innovation Program Manager to join our Capital, Innovation, and Global Initiatives team. This individual will specifically contribute to the development and implementation of assets, programs, and projects that drive ReFED’s work to seed and accelerate food waste solutions. Learn more and apply before October 30: https://loom.ly/CjucaLI #JobAd #JobOpening #SustainabilityCareers

We're so excited to have Jessica Wang of Gu Grocery (slated to open later this year in Chinatown) join our Food Day celebration at City Hall South Lawn for a live cooking demonstration. Join us on Friday, October 25 from 10am -2pm at City Hall for a day of resource sharing and building bridges to culturally relevant healthy food access! To register for this free event, visit: https://lnkd.in/gXiCiQH7

Each October, Food Day is celebrated across the nation to gather community members to push to improve food policies. This year will be our 13th annual celebration at City Hall on Friday, October 25 from 10am-2pm. Here's a quick glimpse of the community who came out to celebrate last year to discuss the intersection of food and climate change. This year our theme is Building Bridges to Food Access where we aim to build cross sector relationships that create impactful change. Join us on Food Day this year! For more details, visit: https://lnkd.in/gBb_HUHD

Starting next week, we're kicking off our Food Day 2024 Series: Building Bridges to Food Access! We're hosting 4 events for a week of activations around food access from different perspectives: farmers, food businesses, advocacy organizations and more! We'll culminate the series on Friday, October 25th which is also our 13th annual Food Day celebration. Food Day is a national initiative aiming to inspire Americans to change our diets and our food policies. Every October, thousands of events all around the country bring Americans together to celebrate and enjoy good food and to push for improved food policies. We hope to see you for one or all events! To learn more and register, visit: https://lnkd.in/gBb_HUHD Thank you to our partners: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health City of Los Angeles Council District 1

Join us for this dynamic conversation next week for LA Foodscapes event, Strengthening a Post Pandemic Retail Food Economy. Speakers:  Alexandra Suh, KIWA Brittney Valles, Regarding Her Food and Guerilla Tacos Daniel Fernandez, TMC Community Capital Doug Smith, Inclusive Action for the City Mona Holmes, Eater LA (moderator) To learn more and register, visit: https://lnkd.in/gjkZgkqV

Our next LA Foodscapes conversation, Strengthening a Post Pandemic Retail Food Economy, will be a part of our Food Day 2024 Series: Breaking Barriers to Healthy Food Access. Explore actionable steps to enhance both healthy food accessibility and local economic vitality. Join us for a town hall panel discussion featuring: Alexandra Suh, KOREAN IMMIGRANT WORKERS ADVOCATES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Brittney Valles, Regarding Her Food and Guerilla Tacos Daniel Fernandez, TMC Community Capital Doug Smith, Inclusive Action for the City Mona Holmes, Eater LA (moderator) To learn more and register, visit: https://lnkd.in/gjkZgkqV

🌿Los Angeles-area growers- join us on Wednesday, October 16th for World Food Day: Farm Tour at Grow Good Urban Farm from 10am-2pm! The event will include Farm-to-School opportunities by CDFA, USDA-FSA programs and loan offerings and a conservation plan walkthrough/demo with USDA-NRCS. 🌱Register below: